Illinois ~ AHGPPart of the American History & Genealogy Project

OLD TOWNS OF ILLINOIS A~ C
By W. D. Barge

n reading the various books containing information of our State, it
was noticed that the names of many of the towns had been changed,
and that some of the towns had ceased to exist. Many of them were
mere town sites, and others were towns under the township
organization law. The following is a copy of my list of the changes.

The list is not complete. It contains errors, the great majority of
which are due to the faulty printing of the State edition of our
statutes.

It is hoped that the list will be of service to those who want to
know something more of our State: